Galvanic battery.



PATENTED JULY 25, 1905.

I). L. WINTERS. GALVANIG BATTERY.

- I APPLIOLTIOI FILED HQV. 2, 1904.

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Specification of L tters Pat s Patented J uly 25, 1905.

Application filed November 2, 19m. Serial No. 231,066.

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Be it known that I, DAVID L. llmreus, s citizen of the United States of America, and e resident of llhicsgo, m the count-y of Cook and State of Illinois, invented certain new and useful lmpro o exits in Galvanic I renewing 13 e S0801 This inven tion relates l1 and more especially teries which constitutes the subject-matter of mypriorLetters Patent, No. 734,646, dated July 28, 1903, and Flo. 7 14,9825 dated November 24, 1903,- end. the present improvement has for its object to provide a simple and efiicient structural arrangement and combination of parts by means of which it local short circuit is automatically formed in en individualcell when the disintegration or erosion of the positive, or zinc element has reached a. predetermined stage,

In the sccompsnying drawings a. vertical SECUiCi'l of galvanic battery, illustrsting the general arrangement the orest inyenticr. :3 .i

lion the one the po eisive view or e cor s e is a rear elevstion or" the sitive sting snother modification. Fig. 5 is detail horisontel section line a: 2:, Fig. 1, the hol r-clip the negative electrode i liruiler numerals of reference l' rte the several 7 Referring to the orswm I g .-V a the battery cell, the usual remove e cover 2, from which the positive and negc tive electrodes of the battery are suspended, as usual.

3 is the positive electrode, preferably of a rectangular-plate form, as shown, and which is referebly formed with a series of small one closel -adjacent projections 4 its surwhicliis in apposition to the negative electrode, the purpose being to prevent the; usual of? which telresplscefiom the t surfeceof c zinc electrode and the tendency of such scale to contacttlm negative electrode to form one or more injurious short-imports between electrodes.

5 is e gipporung-har extenali sg up from the poeitive'clectrcde pro seed with the usual orifice at its upper curl for supporting e cgement with e bolt horizonthrough c central lug rs cos; I on the o galva ic batteries, to that type or such bat- Figure 1 1s top surface of the cover 2, as usual in pril mery batteries. 7 l 8 is a resilient member secured in adjacent 1 parallel relation to the positive electrode and l i. m its supportmg-ber. i he normal tendency of sslduesillent member is to sprmg away at llJS lower end from its above-mentioned parallel position and by contact with the negative l electrode form a short circuit bet battery electrodes. Such tendency in the l present invention-is restrained by an engegement of the lower and free end of such resilient member with the positive electrode. With such arrangement a. disintegration and conse uent weakening of such electrode b ectucl use must take place before such resillent member can tear loose to move into contact with the negative electrode or its holder and automatically form a short circuit be tween the two poles of the battery-cell.

arious structural arrangements of the parts may be employed to obtain the abovementioned results without dep scope of the present invention. in ferred arrangement, as shown in i i 2, the aforesaid resilient member 1 form of a curved. bur placed in cont the electrode-supporting bar 5 and cast therewith in the main body of the cast zinc electrode 3. In such arrangement the proper resiliency is imparted to the bar or member 8 in the initial operation of connecting the positive electrode to the battery-cover.

In Fig. 3 the supporting and resilient bars and 8 are shown as independent parts passmg down through vertical slot in the p tive electrode and heldjn' place by the resiliency ofthe bar. 8.v Independent vertical movement of the electrode u on said bars is prevented by an an uler on the lower end of' t e resilient bar 8 ,havin engagement-in a recess or trode, as shown. j h l In 4 there'silientmember aforesaid is shown in the form of a peir'of dependin bars or tines connectedtogetherfat top on provided with a centrs'l coiled eye '10,:1dapted to engage around the attaching shank or bsr of the positive electrodeto secure such resilient. member in position. p

11 is the usual stirrup-shaped Tram depending from the cell cover 2 and ads ted to support the negative electrode 12 of t e batte Y l is c holding-ell for securing the'electrodc 12 in place in the frame Min a readilyact with l l l ween the" srtiug from the the-pro gs. 1 and s in the toe or projection 9 socket in the elcc frame members by removable manner. In the construction E shown such clip consists of a single plate or form a flattened open-sided loop adapted to embrace the vertical members of the support- Such one end of said vertical a folded eye 14 or other l equivalent means, While its other end is left free to form a spring-tongue15, under Which the electrode is inserted and held, illustratedlin Fig. 5. i

Having thus fully described inyseid invention, Whetllclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

I; A galvanic battery'cornprising a containing-cell. positive and negative electrodes, supporting means for said electrodes, and a circuit-closing.rnember attached at its upper end to the su parting means of the positive electrode to epend'into the electrolyte and edep ted upon the disintegration of the posi ing-frerne of the negative electrode. loop is secured at her of resilient material bent upon itself to l l tive electrode to move into contact with the negative electrode and effect a short circuit in the cell, substantially as set forth.

2. A galvanic battery comprising a con mining-cell, positive and negative electrodes, supporting means for said electrodes. and 2t 1 resilient circuit-closing mere-her etteched its upper end to the supporting means oi title positive electrode to depend into the electroyte-and adapted upon the disintegration of the positive electrode to move into contact with the negative electrode and effect a short circuit, in the cell, substantially as set forth. 3. In a galvanic battery, the combination of a battery-cell, positive and negative electrodes, means for supporting the electrodes in said cell, and a resilient contact member connected to the positive electrode and adapted upon the disintegration of such electrode to break away from the same and by contact with the negative electrode or its connections form a shortcircuit'in the battery'cell, the same comprising a resilient bar arranged in vertical and arellel relation to the positive electrode an its supporting-bar and secured in position by embedment in the body of the electrode, substantially as set forth Illinois, this 28th day Signed at Chicago, of October, 1904.

DAVID LWINTERS. I

W'itnesses V Bonner BURNS, M. H. Homr s. 

